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Sunshine, cool conditions and a brisk wind in the optimal direction helped lead to records falling in three classes as the Roar Before the 24 ended with qualifying for the 62nd Rolex 24 At Daytona,…
On the final day of the Roar Before the 24, under ideal weather conditions, multiple records were broken during qualifying for the 62nd Rolex 24 At Daytona, the first race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Pipo Derani, driving the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing V-Series.R, set a new GTP pole record, surpassing Oliver Jarvis’s previous record by more than a second. Derani’s time of 1m32.656s topped the GTP qualifiers and secured the front row for Cadillac. Sebastien Bourdais, in the No. 01 Cadillac Racing, trailed Derani by just 0.071s, qualifying second. A Porsche and a BMW will start on the second row. Ben Keating, driving the No. 2 United Autosports ORECA, took the LMP2 pole and tied the record for most poles at Daytona International Speedway.
